Chapter 508 Teacher’s Opinions

 A black Nissan car was parked under the streetlight on the side of the road.

A young man in a suit and a top hat knocked on the door of Hyōtaro Imamura's villa.

 This person is Su Wenxi’s secretary.

Su Wenxi watched as his secretary bowed respectfully to Kogoro Imamura.

The two of them said a few words. Imamura Kogoro seemed to glance towards the car. Su Wenxi subconsciously nodded and bent down, and then realized that he was sitting in the car.

 Looking again, Imamura Kogoro had already entered and the door had been closed.

 …

“Mayor, Your Excellency Imamura is receiving guests.” The secretary trotted back and reported.

"Xiao Xu, did Mr. Kogoro tell you when Mr. Imamura will end his visit?" Su Wenxi asked immediately.

Xiao Xu shook his head, he didn’t know.

 “You’re stupid, you can’t ask.” Su Wenxi cursed.

Xiao Xu lowered his head and was being scolded. The problem was that he didn’t dare to ask.

“Mayor, I told Mr. Kogoro that the mayor requested to see Mr. Imamura, and you can do it any time later.” Xiao Xu said quickly.

“What did Mr. Kogoro say?” Su Wenxi asked immediately.

“When he heard that you were visiting, the mayor, he readily agreed and said that he might have to trouble you to wait for a long time.” Xiao Xu said.

 “Mr. Kogoro is so polite.” Su Wenxi said happily with a smile on his face.

Xiao Xu smiled flatteringly, "Mayor, you have a lot of face. Rumor has it that Mr. Kogoro Imamura is deeply trusted by His Excellency Hyoutaro Imamura, and his status is not low. Many people don't buy his face, but he is still polite to you. Be polite."

The actual situation was very different from what he said. After he presented the gift note from the mayor, Mr. Kogoro managed to squeeze out a smile, and the original words were translated: Mayor Su is willing to wait, just wait. Come on, be quiet and don't disturb the gentleman's visit.

 …

Hearing this, Su Wenxi showed a somewhat smug smile on his face.

"Just tell Mr. Kogoro, I won't go in and disturb you. I'll wait outside." Su Wenxi asked.

"I told you." Xiao Xu said quickly, "Mr. Kogoro repeatedly invited you to come in and wait, but I declined for you. I said it would be inconvenient to disturb Mr. Imamura's meeting with guests, and it would be the same as waiting outside."

 “Well, you did a good job.” Su Wenxi nodded with satisfaction and rolled up the window.

 The car window closed, also closing the smile on his face.

He, Mr. Su, is not a fool. He knows his current situation and the Japanese will not be so polite to him.

However, he could only pretend not to hear it.

 Even Xiao Xu pretended not to know that he, the mayor of the ‘Da Dao City Government’, had guessed the ‘truth’.

  Nothing else, the emperor’s new clothes, face.

Su Wenxi sighed and frowned.

 …

“Teacher, if we can recruit all the people on the list, it will be of great help to the empire in controlling Shanghai.” Cheng Qianfan put down the list and said in an excited tone.

"These people include celebrities from the cultural world, celebrities from the education sector, celebrities from the business community, inspectors with extensive connections in the concession, gang members from the Shanghai Bund, well-known lawyers, various business leaders, as well as apartments in the countryside, Politicians." Cheng Qianfan became more and more excited as he spoke, "Teacher, who drew up this list? It's absolutely brilliant!"

Hyoutaro Imamura smiled reservedly and took a sip of tea.

Cheng Qianfan was surprised with a sudden realization, and then a bit ashamed, "Students are really stupid. They should have thought of such a broad and highly targeted list. No one else except the teacher can do it." Everything is covered.”

“Kentaro, you are so cunning.” Hyōtaro Imamura said with a smile, “You know I drafted the list and deliberately flattered the teacher.”

"Kentaro disagrees with what the teacher said." Cheng Qianfan said sternly, "As the saying goes, elders and teachers do not avoid relatives when they recommend talents. In the same way, students should not be afraid of being misunderstood as flattery, but should sincerely respect the teacher. and admiration hidden in the heart.”

"This list is truly wonderful. The more the students think about it, the more amazed they become." Cheng Qianfan's extremely serious expression contained a hint of a student's intimate smile towards the teacher, "I can't help myself, I can't boast. When he praised the teacher, Kentaro felt uncomfortable."

 “You, you.” Imamura Hyoutarou laughed.

 He pointed at Cheng Qianfan, "Then tell me, what are the wonderful features?"

Cheng Qianfan looked at Hyotarō Imamura with a smile on his face and immediately understood in his heart:

 This means that you have not been praised yet, so continue and don’t stop.

 Of course, it can also be understood as a new consideration that teachers have for students.

 …

"Teacher, please take a look." Cheng Qianfan pointed to a name on the list, "Li Guojie, this person is the eldest grandson of Li Zhongtang of the former Qing Dynasty government. He has a good background. There are many connections behind this person. Many Beiyang warlords and old Politicians took great care of Li Guojie for the sake of Li Zhongtang."

“My subordinates have read the files related to Li Guojie in the patrol room. When Li Guojie was arrested and imprisoned by the government, it is said that Duan Zhiquan personally interceded with Chang Kaishen, and Chang Kaishen was forced to release Li Guojie.”

There were rumors about this incident at the beginning. It was rumored that the government was interested in "Li Guojie's Steamship Investment Promotion Bureau" and initially said that it would send someone to supervise the investment promotion agency.

 Li Guojie did not resist the pressure and agreed.

However, he soon realized that the government not only wanted to supervise, but also wanted to swallow 'his investment promotion company' in one go.

The grievances and frictions between him and General Zhao, who was sent by the government, were getting bigger and bigger. The latter had almost monopolized power in the China Merchants Bureau.

 In this case, Li Guojie could no longer bear it, and he went to Wang Yajiu.

Wang Yajiu was very enthusiastic about killing Chang Kaishen and agreed without saying a word.

Soon, Wang Yajiu sent people to kill the general manager named Zhao.

Chang Kaishen was furious and ordered the arrest of Li Guojie.

They were arrested, but it took two or three years of trial before the results came out. The reason was that the legacy of Li Zhongtang, such as old Beiyang warlords and politicians, came out to lobby.

After two or three years of procrastination, the trial result was finally reached and the sentence was sentenced. However, Duan Zhiquan came out to plead for mercy in person, and Chang Kaishen had to hold his nose and let him go.

 …

“This man had an extraordinary background and was implicated in many Chinese warlords and politicians. Even Duan Zhiquan and others took good care of Li Guojie during his lifetime. In addition, he had an old grudge against Chang Kaishen.”

“In Li Guojie’s opinion, the Steamship Merchants Company used to belong to the Qing government, but now it belongs to him privately. Chang Kaishen has robbed him of his ancestral property.”

 “Stealing people’s money is to create a big grudge.”

 Cheng Qianfan became more and more excited as he spoke, his eyes shining brightly, "Teacher, I think this person is indeed an excellent candidate to win over."

“If we can persuade Li Guojie to surrender to the empire, it will affect the whole body. It will have a lot of role model and influence on the empire to win over more Chinese warlords and politicians.” Cheng Qianfan said with admiration.

 He was really sighing.

This list was drawn up by Hyōtaro Imamura himself. The more he studied it, the more it sent shivers down his spine.

Take Li Guojie as an example. This person has become a little quiet after resigning from the position of chairman and general manager of the China Steam Shipping Company.

Even the Lixingshe Secret Service ignored this person. Dai Chunfeng had previously sent a message to the Shanghai Station of the Secret Service and the Shanghai Special Investigation Team, listing a list of people who needed attention, asking all parties to pay attention to prevent these people from defecting to Japan.

These are all influential and famous people in Shanghai and even in the whole of China. Some people have a rather tough attitude toward Japan, while others have an ambiguous attitude.

No matter what the attitude of these people towards Japan was before, what Dai Chunfeng means is that people will change. Once these people defect to the Japanese, the impact will be extremely bad.

  However, Li Naojie, who has been quite quiet recently, is not on this list.

This shows that Hyōtaro Imamura really took great pains on this list.

 …

“Kentaro, you work very hard and are very good.” Imamura Hyoutarou nodded happily.

 Not only because of Kentaro Miyazaki’s analysis, but what he valued more was Kentaro Miyazaki’s familiarity with the patrol room files. This shows that Kentaro Miyazaki is very diligent and hardworking.

 Especially when all this is the result of his careful teaching.

 As a teacher, he was very pleased.

Cheng Qianfan is considering whether to choose an opportunity to use clichés to inquire about Japan’s progress in recruiting important people on the list such as Li Guojie.

At this moment, Imamura Kogoro went upstairs carrying a thermos bottle.

 “Mr. Kogoro is only half a master, so why bother?” Cheng Qianfan took the thermos bottle and rushed to do the work.

“Kentaro is my student and one of my own.” Hyoutarou Imamura also said with a smile.

"Haha, then I'll take this opportunity to be lazy." Imamura Kogoro said with a smile. However, a trace of undetectable surprise flashed in his eyes. He didn't expect that Miyazaki Kentaro would be so trusted by Hyoutarou. Previously, I thought that Hyōtaro Imamura was recruiting Miyazaki as his disciple, but now it seems that Hyōtaro really loves and appreciates Kentaro Miyazaki.

“Who came just now?” Imamura Hyōtaro asked, after the doorbell rang.

“The mayor of Dadai City Government, Su Wenxi, came to visit.” Kogoro Imamura said.

Cheng Qianfan put down the thermos bottle. He keenly noticed that the corners of Kogoro Imamura's lips were slightly raised when he spoke. This was a scornful smile, which was obviously contempt for the so-called mayor of the Shanghai Provisional Municipal Government.

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